IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Insurance companies have long ...

Introduced in 1954, the IBM 650 mainframe computer was among the first sold by that company, and was manufactured until 1962. It had three main equipment cabinets, the power unit (Type 655), the ...

Could an IBM mainframe from the 1960s mine Bitcoin? The idea seemed crazy, so I decided to find out. I implemented the Bitcoin hash algorithm in assembly code for the IBM 1401 and tested it on a ...

in the late 1960s our AR went from hand written ledger cards to a Boroughs book keeping machine. it still used ledger cards but had a disk drive and summarized the sessions activity. programs loaded ...

Today in 1959, IBM delivered the first two 7090 mainframe computers. It was the second generation after the 709 vacuum tube mainframe computers. The 7090 was six times faster than the 709 thanks to ...

The IBM 1401 is undeniably a classic computer. One of IBM’s most “affordable” mainframes, it ruled the small business computing world of the 1960’s. Unfortunately, computers aren’t often thought of as ...

In brief: An upcoming auction of the IBM 7090 at Christie's presents an opportunity to acquire a pivotal artifact from the early days of the digital era. This event is expected to draw considerable ...